Today would have marked the late great rapper, Notorious BIG’s, 42nd birthday. While we don’t have him in the physical form, his legacy still lives on! March 21st, 37 years ago, we were blessed with the birth of Christopher Wallace. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to become the KING of his borough. Everyone knew his was different when he performed that cypher in front of his corner store in Bed Stuy. From there his career would take off, yet be short lived.

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Today we celebrate our King of Brooklyn, BIG!

BIG Facts 

BIGs Real Name –  Christopher George Latore Wallace

BIGs Original Place of Residence – 226 St. James Place near the Bedford-Stuyvesant border

Where The Name Came From – Biggie Smalls is reference to a character from the movie Let’s Do It Again. When he found out that Biggie Smalls was already taken, he changed his name to The Notorious B.I.G

BIGs First Major Hit – Biggie received his first major break on a remix of Mary J. Blige’s “Real Love.” The song reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

What BIG Wanted – “I found something I was good at and I’m just trying to flip it, keep it going. I ain’t trying to slack at all. Just represent for my peoples, my borough and my family, and I’m a’ight.” His Own Words

Rare BIG Footage 

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BIG riding around Brooklyn. (See young Lil’ Kim)

BIG with friend D Roc.

BIGs 1989 Cypher in Bed-Stuy.

BIGs Behind The Scenes of “Warning” video.

 

Happy Birthday BIG!